Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 79 84
Rank change year-on-year -17 +5 -31
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 2,090 1,729 2,249
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.87% 3.52% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 3.97% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,443 817 1,388
10th Percentile £45,848 £51,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +14.62% -13.33%
75th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,000 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 81,553 43,498 62,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.98% 88.46% 80.40%
Number of salaries quoted 56,728 24,515 37,208
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,200
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.00% -4.22%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 8 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -20 1,811 £75,000 - 1,729
UK excluding London -23 1,146 £67,500 -3.57% 771
Work from Home -20 858 £67,500 -3.57% 2,416
London -19 798 £85,000 +4.29% 1,179
North of England -38 372 £75,000 +7.14% 223
South East +29 324 £65,000 -9.09% 151
North West -59 199 £77,250 +10.36% 111
South West -23 134 £61,250 +2.08% 91
Midlands -47 109 £67,500 -3.57% 84
North East +17 96 £65,000 +49.86% 40
West Midlands -30 78 £80,000 +14.29% 56
Yorkshire -1 77 £69,310 -0.99% 75
Northern Ireland -19 70 £60,000 +33.33% 48
Wales -19 64 £65,000 +25.00% 12
East of England -42 40 £60,100 -3.84% 61
Scotland -51 37 £60,000 -23.23% 105
East Midlands -58 31 £65,000 - 27
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 43 (2.06%) Confluence
2 31 (1.48%) Apache Spark
3 18 (0.86%) Apache
4 16 (0.77%) CMS
5 13 (0.62%) IIS
6 12 (0.57%) Camunda
7 10 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.43%) OpenStack
9 8 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
10 7 (0.33%) JBoss
10 7 (0.33%) nginx
10 7 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 7 (0.33%) WordPress
11 5 (0.24%) Drupal
12 4 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
12 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.14%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.14%) Immediacy CMS
13 3 (0.14%) Kentico
13 3 (0.14%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 11 (0.53%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.48%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.096%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.096%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
3 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.048%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.048%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.048%) Eikon
4 1 (0.048%) RMDS
4 1 (0.048%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.048%) Shopify
4 1 (0.048%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,060 (50.72%) AWS
2 880 (42.11%) Azure
3 327 (15.65%) GCP
4 261 (12.49%) GitHub
5 258 (12.34%) Serverless
6 191 (9.14%) SaaS
7 184 (8.80%) Azure DevOps
8 144 (6.89%) AWS Lambda
9 120 (5.74%) AWS CloudFormation
10 119 (5.69%) Amazon S3
11 116 (5.55%) Amazon EKS
12 105 (5.02%) GitHub Copilot
13 94 (4.50%) Azure Service Bus
14 86 (4.11%) Amazon ECS
15 74 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
16 68 (3.25%) Amazon SQS
17 65 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
18 60 (2.87%) Azure AKS
19 51 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 49 (2.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.72%) Broadband
2 21 (1.00%) Network Security
3 13 (0.62%) DMARC
4 12 (0.57%) DNS
4 12 (0.57%) MQTT
5 9 (0.43%) HTTP
6 8 (0.38%) AMQP
6 8 (0.38%) Internet
6 8 (0.38%) VPN
7 7 (0.33%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.29%) RFID
8 6 (0.29%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.24%) Firewall
10 3 (0.14%) DHCP
10 3 (0.14%) LTE
10 3 (0.14%) NAS
10 3 (0.14%) SAN
11 2 (0.096%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.096%) SSL
12 1 (0.048%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 310 (14.83%) MongoDB
2 228 (10.91%) PostgreSQL
3 204 (9.76%) NoSQL
4 168 (8.04%) Azure SQL Database
5 157 (7.51%) Elasticsearch
6 116 (5.55%) SQL Server
7 113 (5.41%) MySQL
8 93 (4.45%) Relational Database
9 65 (3.11%) Redis
10 58 (2.78%) DynamoDB
11 45 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
12 31 (1.48%) Big Data
13 15 (0.72%) Pinecone
14 14 (0.67%) RDBMS
15 13 (0.62%) Data Lake
16 12 (0.57%) Db2
16 12 (0.57%) DTS
17 11 (0.53%) BigQuery
18 8 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
18 8 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 280 (13.40%) Git
2 193 (9.23%) GitLab
3 168 (8.04%) Jenkins
4 66 (3.16%) JUnit
5 64 (3.06%) JIRA
6 59 (2.82%) TeamCity
7 55 (2.63%) Cucumber
8 42 (2.01%) Cypress.io
9 39 (1.87%) Mockito
10 36 (1.72%) Maven
11 33 (1.58%) Claude Code
12 26 (1.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 26 (1.24%) Selenium
13 19 (0.91%) SonarQube
14 17 (0.81%) Spock
15 15 (0.72%) Postman
16 14 (0.67%) JMeter
16 14 (0.67%) REST Assured
17 12 (0.57%) CircleCI
17 12 (0.57%) Vite
General
1 534 (25.55%) Finance
2 418 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 227 (10.86%) Public Sector
4 187 (8.95%) Banking
5 157 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 153 (7.32%) Law
7 138 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
8 117 (5.60%) Retail
9 87 (4.16%) Legal
10 75 (3.59%) Financial Institution
11 62 (2.97%) Marketing
12 53 (2.54%) Back Office
13 37 (1.77%) Aerospace
14 33 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
15 31 (1.48%) Games
16 28 (1.34%) Legal Technology
17 18 (0.86%) Advertising
18 17 (0.81%) Front Office
19 12 (0.57%) Aviation
20 11 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 775 (37.08%) Developer
2 501 (23.97%) Senior
3 373 (17.85%) Software Engineer
4 356 (17.03%) Lead
5 313 (14.98%) Architect
6 202 (9.67%) .NET Developer
7 188 (9.00%) Senior Developer
8 165 (7.89%) Full-Stack Developer
9 162 (7.75%) Java Developer
10 136 (6.51%) Java Engineer
11 127 (6.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 126 (6.03%) Senior Software Engineer
13 109 (5.22%) Solutions Architect
14 104 (4.98%) Principal Engineer
15 84 (4.02%) Software Developer
16 78 (3.73%) Lead Software Engineer
17 72 (3.44%) DevOps Engineer
18 71 (3.40%) Lead Developer
19 65 (3.11%) Technical Leader
20 59 (2.82%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 547 (26.17%) .NET
2 450 (21.53%) React
3 434 (20.77%) Node.js
4 379 (18.13%) Terraform
5 373 (17.85%) Spring
6 337 (16.12%) Spring Boot
7 316 (15.12%) RESTful
8 288 (13.78%) REST
9 284 (13.59%) Kafka
10 245 (11.72%) ASP.NET
11 225 (10.77%) AngularJS
12 223 (10.67%) .NET Core
13 212 (10.14%) Vue
14 197 (9.43%) ASP.NET Core
15 122 (5.84%) Blazor
16 103 (4.93%) ASP.NET Web API
17 93 (4.45%) HTML
18 91 (4.35%) CSS
19 89 (4.26%) .NET Framework
20 86 (4.11%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 654 (31.29%) Cloud Native
2 379 (18.13%) Distributed Systems
3 157 (7.51%) Product Ownership
4 110 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
5 105 (5.02%) Legacy Systems
6 79 (3.78%) Onboarding
7 53 (2.54%) Public Cloud
8 51 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
9 50 (2.39%) AI Agents
10 45 (2.15%) Virtual Team
11 41 (1.96%) e-Learning
11 41 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
12 29 (1.39%) Distributed Architecture
13 24 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
14 23 (1.10%) Mobile App
15 22 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
16 20 (0.96%) Algorithms
16 20 (0.96%) Mainframe
16 20 (0.96%) Management Information System
16 20 (0.96%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 140 (6.70%) Linux
2 48 (2.30%) Windows
3 26 (1.24%) CentOS
3 26 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (1.00%) Unix
5 10 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.38%) Android
6 8 (0.38%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.29%) AIX
8 5 (0.24%) Debian
8 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.19%) VMS
10 1 (0.048%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,111 (53.16%) CI/CD
2 995 (47.61%) Agile
3 746 (35.69%) Software Engineering
4 731 (34.98%) DevOps
5 579 (27.70%) Full-Stack Development
6 534 (25.55%) Mentoring
7 476 (22.78%) Event-Driven
8 445 (21.29%) AI
9 433 (20.72%) Test Automation
10 422 (20.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 418 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
12 403 (19.28%) Containerisation
13 372 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
14 307 (14.69%) Technical Leadership
15 297 (14.21%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 289 (13.83%) Scrum
17 248 (11.87%) Architectural Patterns
18 243 (11.63%) TDD
19 237 (11.34%) Observability
20 235 (11.24%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 728 (34.83%) Java
2 579 (27.70%) C#
3 506 (24.21%) SQL
4 462 (22.11%) JavaScript
5 450 (21.53%) Python
6 400 (19.14%) TypeScript
7 98 (4.69%) Go
8 58 (2.78%) Ruby
9 46 (2.20%) C++
10 40 (1.91%) Bash
11 33 (1.58%) PHP
12 29 (1.39%) Scala
13 27 (1.29%) PowerShell
14 26 (1.24%) Bicep
15 24 (1.15%) Kotlin
16 23 (1.10%) Rust
17 21 (1.00%) PL/SQL
18 17 (0.81%) C
19 16 (0.77%) Groovy
20 13 (0.62%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 310 (14.83%) Security Cleared
2 211 (10.10%) SC Cleared
3 176 (8.42%) Degree
4 90 (4.31%) DV Cleared
5 82 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 80 (3.83%) AWS Certification
7 55 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 30 (1.44%) CISSP
9 29 (1.39%) Azure Certification
10 19 (0.91%) CISM
11 18 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (0.77%) Master's Degree
13 14 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.48%) MBA
15 9 (0.43%) PhD
16 6 (0.29%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 5 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
18 4 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
18 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (10.62%) QA
2 91 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 37 (1.77%) WCAG
4 34 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (1.58%) GDPR
6 18 (0.86%) NCSC
7 17 (0.81%) NIST
8 13 (0.62%) Data Quality
8 13 (0.62%) SOC 2
9 11 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.43%) GRC
11 9 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 8 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.24%) ISO 20022
15 5 (0.24%) PSD2
16 4 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 3 (0.14%) IFRS
System Software
1 588 (28.13%) Docker
2 36 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.29%) NDS
3 6 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.14%) KVM
7 2 (0.096%) Firmware
8 1 (0.048%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 631 (30.19%) Kubernetes
2 105 (5.02%) Ansible
3 100 (4.78%) Grafana
4 51 (2.44%) Prometheus
5 27 (1.29%) Argo
5 27 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (0.91%) Puppet
7 15 (0.72%) Kibana
8 9 (0.43%) Cilium
9 6 (0.29%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.24%) HP Fortify
10 5 (0.24%) Podman
11 4 (0.19%) Packer
12 3 (0.14%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.096%) MIIS
13 2 (0.096%) Rancher
14 1 (0.048%) Cisco CUCM
14 1 (0.048%) Consul
14 1 (0.048%) Fluentd
14 1 (0.048%) logstash
Vendors
1 332 (15.89%) Microsoft
2 98 (4.69%) Google
3 73 (3.49%) Oracle
4 43 (2.06%) Splunk
5 42 (2.01%) OpenAI
6 27 (1.29%) Dynatrace
7 26 (1.24%) IBM
8 25 (1.20%) AppDynamics
9 24 (1.15%) Okta
10 22 (1.05%) Databricks
11 21 (1.00%) ForgeRock
12 18 (0.86%) Typelevel
13 17 (0.81%) OneLogin
14 15 (0.72%) SAP
15 14 (0.67%) Adobe
16 13 (0.62%) Salesforce
16 13 (0.62%) SendGrid
17 12 (0.57%) Mistral
17 12 (0.57%) ServiceNow
18 9 (0.43%) Red Hat